China News Service, Beijing, January 14 (Reporter Zhang Ziyang) The reporter learned from the Ministry of Public Security on the 14th that in 2020, the Ministry of Public Security, in conjunction with the People’s Bank of China and other relevant departments, will join forces to cut off the “funding chain” of cross-border gambling crimes. Public security agencies nationwide More than 3,500 criminal cases of cross-border gambling were cracked, and more than 6,300 illegal platforms such as gambling promotion platforms, illegal payment platforms, and underground banks were eliminated; the People's Bank of China has punished more than 300 violations of laws and regulations; the State Administration of Foreign Exchange has investigated and dealt with them. There were more than 300 cases involving cross-border transfer of gambling funds and illegal exchanges.

　　On January 13, sponsored by the International Cooperation Bureau of the Ministry of Public Security and the Press and Publicity Bureau of the Ministry of Public Security, and undertaken by Tencent, the "Financial Chain Governance" Media Salon to combat cross-border gambling was held online, from the Ministry of Public Security, the People’s Bank of China and Relevant persons in charge of Tencent introduced the current situation, rectification measures and results of the cross-border gambling crime "funding chain" in combination with their respective businesses; the public security authorities in Yiwu, Zhejiang, Tengzhou, Shandong, and Qinyang, Henan respectively talked about cracking cross-border gambling. The results and experience of typical cases of "funding chain".

Multi-sectoral coordination to combat cross-border gambling has a significant effect

　　At present, the work of cracking down on cross-border gambling has achieved obvious phased results, but its long-term, complex, and arduous nature should also be fully understood.

According to Gao Junyi, director of the International Cooperation Bureau of the Ministry of Public Security, according to the unified deployment of the Ministry of Public Security, public security organs across the country have integrated various police resources to focus on combating cross-border gambling in a strict and rapid manner. In 2020, gambling platforms will be eliminated. More than 2,260 illegal technical teams, more than 980 illegal technical teams, more than 1,160 gambling promotion platforms, more than 1,960 illegal payment platforms and underground banks were destroyed, more than 75,000 criminal suspects were arrested, and a number of large overseas gambling groups were successfully destroyed. The domestic gambling and gambling network and money laundering and other illegal capital channels have effectively curbed the high incidence of cross-border gambling crimes.

At the same time, the Ministry of Public Security worked closely with relevant departments to further promote various governance tasks and resolutely cut off the circulation channels of gambling-related funds.

The relevant comrades of the Payment and Settlement Department of the People’s Bank of China pointed out that at present, the operation of the “fund chain” of cross-border gambling is becoming more and more complicated. The main links of gambling fund recharging, gambling fund cleaning, and gambling fund exit are intertwined. Criminals continue to renovate their methods to conceal suspicious traces of fund transactions. .

In this regard, the People's Bank of China has taken a multi-pronged approach, starting with system construction, technical defense crackdowns, industry joint defenses, and anti-gambling propaganda to carry out comprehensive management.

In 2020, the People's Bank of China has punished institutions that violated laws and regulations more than 300 times, and the State Administration of Foreign Exchange has investigated and dealt with more than 300 cases of cross-border transfer of gambling funds and illegal exchanges, realizing a significant reduction in the scale of suspicious gambling transactions involving major payment channels.

Strike hard to solve major cases

　　The reporter learned from the event that since last year, public security agencies in many places have overcome the impact of the epidemic and overcome difficulties, solved a number of major and important cases, and concentrated on destroying a large number of cross-border gambling criminal groups and gambling and gambling networks against me. It demonstrates the police's determination, attitude and effectiveness of measures to resolutely cut off the circulation channels of gambling funds.

Among them, the "311" extraordinarily large cross-border online gambling project detected by the Public Security Bureau of Yiwu City, Zhejiang Province, destroyed a full-chain criminal gang that integrated gambling platform investment management, development and operation and maintenance, network promotion, payment and settlement, and online gambling. , Arrested 142 suspects.

The "2.03" case of the Public Security Bureau of Tengzhou City in Shandong Province cracked down on providing financial services to overseas casinos. Starting from a case of naked chat and extortion, it gradually unveiled the veil of the behind-the-scenes gangs and professional running sub-platforms and arrested 106 suspects.

The Public Security Bureau of Qinyang City, Henan Province destroyed a scoring platform with the top three scores in the country in one fell swoop, and arrested 216 suspects in the roles of controllers, agents, and technicians.

All three cases have effectively cracked down on the "funding chain" of cross-border gambling, and drew salaries from the bottom, completely severing the "funding chain" of the criminal gang behind them, and destroyed the criminal cancer that endangered the legitimate rights and interests of the people.

High-tech helps uncover the mysterious cloak of gambling "funding chain"

　　The "funding chain" is one of the core links of the entire online gambling ecology and a key link in combating cross-border gambling.

During the event, security expert Zhou Ke from Tencent shared the characteristics and trends of the cross-border gambling "funding chain" summarized by the team. At the same time, he pointed out that due to the intensified trend of cross-border gambling industrialization, scale and specialization, the "funding chain" of gambling groups "The pattern is refurbished quickly.

Beginning in 2018, gambling groups have begun to use the "run points" method to collect funds, and use third-party payment personal accounts, bank cards, and e-commerce platforms to "run points", which has increased the difficulty of combating governance.

In this regard, some large companies in the industry have established intelligent risk prevention and control systems through big data, modeling and other methods, and established a full life cycle management mechanism for accounts from the perspective of before, during, and after the event, to accurately crack down and cut off the capital chain of criminals.

After long-term analysis and crackdown on governance, since January 2020, the number of transactions on various gambling platforms through Tenpay payment channels has dropped significantly; Tencent has assisted the public security authorities in cracking down on dozens of major cross-border gambling cases, and transferred them There are more than 70 clues to major gambling cases.

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